# NBA just had its lottery

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880 "2014-05-21T00:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880/1 "2014-05-21T00:36:51Z")

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Cavs have the #1 pick. Anyone with any thoughts on rest of lottery?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880/2 "2014-05-21T00:58:02Z")

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The Celtics don’t do so well in the lottery.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880/3 "2014-05-21T01:12:41Z")

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Actually, it’s exactly where we were statistically supposed to be. Still a bummer. BTW, why was the #4 pick impossible for us to get?

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880/4 "2014-05-21T01:56:36Z")

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Same reason it was impossible for everyone below them. They only pick three lottery teams. Everybody else is slotted by record. There were four teams with worse records than the Celtics.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-just-had-its-lottery/688880/5 "2014-05-21T02:20:01Z")

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Thanks Jimmy.